Eight months after her boyfriend allegedly killed her in a hotel room on Valentine's Day, 28-year-old Army Cpl. Kimberly Walker lay buried in the historic Spring Grove Cemetery in her hometown of Cincinnati beneath a three-and-a-half ton, 6-foot-8-inch tall headstone of her favorite cartoon character, SpongeBob SquarePants.

A matching headstone, different only in the type of uniform being worn by America's favorite sponge, had been installed nearby for her twin sister, Kara, an information technician with the Navy, who is still very much alive. In all, the family had bought six plots at the cemetery and spent $26,000 for the grave markers.

The weird part? The cemetery worked with the family on the design, then balked at the actual headstones after they had been in the ground for a day.

"She loved SpongeBob."

Spring Grove Cemetery President and CEO Gary Freytag told local Cincinnati TV station WLWT he felt "horrible" and released a statement that read:

The family chose a design with the guidance of a Spring Grove employee who unfortunately made a serious error in judgment. The monument does not fit within Spring Grove Cemetery guidelines, was not approved by senior management and cannot remain here. As an historic cemetery, we must constantly balance the needs of families who have just suffered a loss with the thousands of families who have entrusted us in the past. We are working with the Walker family and are committed to design a solution, at our expense, that will properly memorialize Kimberly within the context of Spring Grove’s historic landscape and guidelines.

A meeting is set for Tuesday in hopes cemetery officials can reach a resolution with the Walker family. Meanwhile, the country is talking.

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